• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Wait didn’t the original quote say they criminalized cocaine to target black communities? That’s why Reagan was having the stuff pushed into black neighborhoods right?

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      8 months ago

      Because at the time, they weren’t focused on cocaine since it was a rich person’s drug. Reagan and the CIA creating the crack epidemic came after Nixon.

    • Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      Because cocaine was not a widely distributed drug in the 60s. It was another 15 years before it was being moved in significant volume.